A former child actor that played a role in the 2012 movie ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ was killed in a shooting that occurred in the Treme over the weekend, according to NOPD.
The identification of a second victim has not been released.
The victim, 22 YO Jonshel Alexander, was around 11-years-old when she was cast in Benh Zeitlin’s low-budget yet visually stunning full-length motion picture filmed locally.
The film is a story of a father and daughter living in a mythical area of Louisiana known as “The Bathtub” and it is threatened by the disappearing coastline.
Another local child actor, Quvenzhané Wallis, was 6-years-old when she was cast as the film’s lead, a protagonist named Hushpuppy that made her the youngest person to ever be nominated for an Oscar.
Alexander played the role of Joy Strong in the film, a character that shared prominent screen time with Wallis, serving as the protagonist’s close friend.
